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. 2016 Aug 10;6:31400. doi: 10.1038/srep31400

Table 3. Average crystalline domain size, lattice parameter, unit volume, number of unit cells, number of domains, B factor, lattice distortion, and domain surface area in fcc Ru NPs obtained using the Rietveld refinement method.

Sample 5 6 7 8
Crystalline domain size (nm) 1.24 1.26 1.42 1.67
a (Å) 2.6478 ± 0.0018 2.6814 ± 0.0019 2.6542 ± 0.0019 2.6657 ± 0.0016
c (Å) 4.1469 ± 0.0058 4.2175 ± 0.0060 4.1803 ± 0.0062 4.2260 ± 0.0052
Unit volume (Å3) 25.1773 26.2607 25.5041 26.0054
Number of unit cells 39.65 40.07 58.25 93.61
Number of domains (×1016) 11.66 11.53 7.93 4.94
B factor (Å2) 0.17 ± 0.07 0.17 ± 0.07 0.19 ± 0.09 0.35 ± 0.09
Lattice distortion at (002) plane 0.0400 0.0393 0.0346 0.0286
Domain surface area (×1017 nm2) 5.630 5.751 5.025 4.325